Report: President Trump Is Considering Firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

This just in from…CNN. Take that as you will. We’re being upfront about it. Who knows if there’s really something to it.

According to the report, President Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN, a move that has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the President’s personal lawyer.

Such an action could potentially further Trump’s goal of trying to put greater limits on special counsel Robert Mueller.

This is one of several options — including going so far as to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions — Trump is weighing in the aftermath of the FBI’s decision Monday to raid the office of Michael Cohen, the President’s personal lawyer and longtime confidant. Officials say if Trump acts, Rosenstein is his most likely target, but it’s unclear whether even such a dramatic firing like this would be enough to satisfy the President.

It reminds me of what Ann Coulter tweeted earlier…

2d worse thing @realDonaldTrump could do is fire Mueller and make him a martyr. Fire Rosenstein. Fire Marc Short. Fire Nielsen. Let Mueller twist.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 10, 2018

Hmmmmm.

New: Several sources tell CNN that Trump is considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller. https://t.co/Ga7RrLpTqm

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 10, 2018

Just got off phone with Alan Dershowitz, who was at the WH tonight for dinner with Trump, Kushner and others. He said he was there to advise on Middle East policy. Asked whether they talked Russia/Mueller, he said, “I’m not going to discuss what I discussed with the president.”

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 11, 2018

Fire Mueller and Rosenstein, and do it yesterday. Never look back. Ignore the Dems and the media howls, they howl anyway. They’ll move to impeach anyway. Facts don’t matter to them. Play hardball or get played.

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) April 11, 2018

"The #DOJ is currently covering their own trail because they know they engaged in FISA abuses they don't want to be prosecuted for. I understand the President’s frustration, & believe there is a sufficient basis for firing Rosenstein & the Attorney General for not doing his job." pic.twitter.com/pPrXKIS9qv

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) April 10, 2018

Pres. Trump is considering to fire Rod Rosenstein. The Left is losing its mind. DO IT, Mr. President! Rosenstein is the EPITOME of the Swamp. He’s a Lawyer: he knows there were no legal grounds for a Special Counsel. This was ALWAYS about “digging dirt” to taint the Presidency. pic.twitter.com/09VL4Xe6z1

— David Burke (@ConservativeTht) April 10, 2018

Trump has been considering firing Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller for the better part of a year. He has always been talked off the ledge. And most staff members do not consider these comments to be actionable or direct orders.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 11, 2018

Guess we’ll see…